ABOUT 

SONG KEEPERS, LTD (SKL)

IN 2012, A COLLECTIVE OF FIRST NATIONS (NATIVE AMERICAN) MUSICIANS, ENGAGED IN PRESERVING, CREATING AND PERFORMING TRADITIONAL AND CONTEMPORARY FORMS OF NATIVE MUSIC, FORMED SONG KEEPERS, LTD (SKL).

SKL GREW OUT OF 22 YEAR-OLD MULTIDISCIPLINARY ARTS ORGANIZATION CALLED OVERSOUL THEATRE COLLECTIVE, INC., WHICH CLOSED IN 2013. SINCE 2012,

SKL HAS OFFERED A VARIETY OF COMMUNITY-BASED PROGRAMS THROUGHOUT BARNSTABLE, PLYMOUTH AND BRISTOL COUNTIES.

OUR PROGRAMS INCLUDE THE NDN SOUL FESTIVAL, WHICH BEGAN IN 2013;

THE ALCOHOL- FREE CONCERT & DANCES, WHICH BEGAN IN 2012; AND THE MUSICIAN MENTORING PROGRAM, WHICH ALSO BEGAN IN 2012.

IN ADDITION, SKL BECAME A CO-SPONSOR OF THE ANNUAL BOSTON JAZZ FEST IN 2014.

Governance

SKL IS GOVERNED BY A 6- MEMBER ADVISORY COUNCIL, THREE-MEMBER EXECUTIVE BOARD, AND ADMINISTERED BY A PART-TIME GENERAL MANAGER, WITH A VOLUNTEER STAFF OF 26 PEOPLE. IN THE BEGINNING, SKL OPERATED UNDER THE FISCAL AUSPICES OF OVERSOUL THEATRE COLLECTIVE, UMASS DARTMOUTH AND NEW AFRICAN COMPANY OF BOSTON. WE OBTAINED OUR OWN 501C3 STATUS THIS PAST MAY.

EXECUTIVE BOARD

BILLIE ATKINS -PRESIDENT

KIMBERLEY CANTO PETERS -SECRETARY

MORGAN JAMES “MWALIM” PETERS – TREASURER & GENERAL MANAGER

Advisory Council Members & Affiliations

Melvin Coombs

– Member of Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe, Mashpee, MA

Alexis N. Garcia

– Youth Coordinator, Huntington Theatre Co Education Dept., 

Dean of Students, Westinghouse Charter School,

Theater & Film Actor and Director, Boston, MA

John H Canto

– Owner of John H Canto Construction, Harwich, MA

Jay Winter Nightwolf

– Radio Talk-show Host on WPFW in Washington DC

and Founder and Spiritual Leader of the National Congress

of Black American Indians, Inc., Washington DC

Douglas Pocknett

– College student, Music Director at WKKL and audio/ video content producer.

Shirley Nurse

– Psychiatric Social worker, NYC Public Schools (retired), White Plains, NY

Gregory Segarra

– Xfinity Media Regional Director of Sales,

Eastern & Mid Atlantic Regional Coordinator

for Latinos Unidos, Inc., White Plains, NY

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